The Virgin Birth and the Birth of Science

Stanley L. Jaki

    If Christ can be claimed to be the SAVIOR OF SCIENCE (the title of one of this author's books), then logic calls for a step to be made in the same sense from the Son to his Mother.
    Such is the gist of this essay by a world-renowned Catholic historian of science whom Pope John Paul II has named honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Science.
    The author's lucid reasoning is given a graphic touch by his use of William Blake's little known watercolors and oil paintings of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Flight to Egypt -- reproduced in color.